Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Freya Worshiper

User:Freya Worshiper

 * Suspected sockpuppeteer


 * Suspected sockpuppets

Lucky number 49 23:29, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Report submission by

Users have thus far contributed only to articles to which Freya_Worshiper contributed, Brisingamen and Freyja.
 * Evidence

Their first edits- here and here are on the same date and within four hours of one another, on the same article, and rewrite content by Freya_Worshiper previously deleted in a revert.

Lucky_number_47 refactored talk page discussions by myself and Freya Worshiper; then edited comments by Freya Worshiper (see esp. line 112).

Lucky_number_47's word choice is notably similar to the more distinct comments by Freya Worshiper. In the above diff, not the use of "invented", compare this edit by Freya Worshiper. See my removal of "Christian short story", which originated here, which Lucky number 47 restored and wikified.

While Myth Researcher has not made as many signifigant edits, the above qualities linking them to Lucky number 47 suggests some relation between the users. I would like to request a checkuser on these users, as well as Freya Worshiper to see if there is any relation between all three users' IP addresses.

I also note the similarity of the username Lucky_number_47 and my own. While I realize there is a likelihood of two usernames being very similar, some of Freya_Worshiper's last edits were personal attacks on me, and Lucky_number_47 began contributing two days after Freya_Worshiper was blocked. Both of these suggest to me a strong likelihood of the account having been created, if not as a sockpuppet, at least by an individual with an interest in Freya_Worshiper's position, and an awareness of myself.

I believe that the evidence demonstrates that at least Lucky number 47 is a sockpuppet, and that there is enough evidence against Myth Researcher to request a checkuser to determine whether they are in any way connected to Lucky number 47 and Freya Worshiper.

I did not check all the diffs, but I did check enough of the contribution patterns of these users to be convinced that they are likely working as sockpuppets. Obviously, if you want a checkuser, you need to request it at the appropriate page, so I will do that (code F, ban evasion).
 * Comments

I'll also notify User:Ck lostsword, who blocked the sockpuppeteer, to ask him if the SSP edits look familiar to him. Shalom Hello 06:05, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

All of the edits do look very similar - at least similar enough to merit a block IMO. Either way, it seems that the accounts exist solely to push a version of the page, whilst their names are also inappropriate - LN47's breaks criteria 1 of the WP:USERNAME for being too similar to LN49, whilst Myth Researcher is misleading, implying that the user is an authority on mythology, presumably to lend more weight to their arguments. I will block the accounts indef for these reasons and suspect that a checkuser on them is not necessary unless further socks appear. Thanks ck lostsword•T•C 07:12, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Conclusions
 * Jpgordon declined to checkuser this case because it's "pretty obvious." Thanks, Ck lostsword. Shalom Hello 10:06, 1 July 2007 (UTC)